The Sporty doesn’t seem to be getting enough gas to idle, if I push the choke all the way in, even after it’s warmed up. That would lead me to believe that it’s probably running lean on idle. When I went to reset the idle, I found out that the little anti-tamper plug had already been removed by someone. That makes things easier for me. The interesting thing is there are only 10k miles on the thing, with 8k of those coming from my brother-in-law and he claims no one has done any carb/tuneup work on the bike since he’s had it. He said the the previous guy bought a jet kit, but chickened out and didn’t put it in. I’m guessing that he probably went so far as to drill out the plug, but not do the jets. I still have the jet kit, plus I ordered a .45 pilot jet from J&P Cycles, so if/when I install those, I’ll see if everything is still stock on the inside.

I also ordered new intake and carb gaskets from J&P Cycles, since I’ve seen on the forums that those are only good for a few riding seasons before they dry up. If they’re dried up, they could be leaking and leaning things out some. I guess we’ll see once I get the parts and pull things apart.